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Tuesday, March 1, 2016

February Meeting Recap!

OFFICER TEAM

Congratulations
to our newly elected officer team! The officers were unanimously
approved by the guild members present at the meeting. Maggie Aisenbrey
motioned to approve them and Nikki McDonald seconded. You can look
forward to the following people serving as our guild leaders for the
next year starting in March:

Laura Capello, President

Denise Bane, Vice President

Lesley Latham, Treasurer

Kate Walz, Secretary

Laura Herron, Tech Coordinator

CHALLENGES

The Kansas City Arts Challenge was announced at Thursday's meeting. The details of this challenge are:

Create
a quilt inspired by one of the following KC arts venues (there is a PDF
with photographs of each venue attached to this email):

The
Kansas City Modern Quilt Guild is partnering with members of the St.
Louis Modern Quilt Guild to create the I-70 swap. Each participant is
to create one quilt block to turn in at the March 10th
KCMQG meeting. Blocks should be between 8: - 12" and should contain
some of your favorite fabrics and style. The block you supply will be
shipped to the STLMQG for one of the members there to create your
finished project. You will receive your partner's block during the April 14th
KCMQG meeting. Your finished project will be collected at the June
guild meeting and the project reveal will occur at the August meeting.

After
receiving your partner's block in April, you'll use it one of the
following complete projects that will be collected at the June guild
meeting:

Tote

Pillow Cover

Table Topper / Table Runner

Wall Hanging / Mini Quilt

Tablet Cover / Book Cover

Surprise Me

If you'd like to participate in this swap, you'll need to complete and/or bring these things to the March guild meeting:

An
email went out on Friday regarding our next upcoming workshops. In
April, Heather Jones will be our guest speaker and she'll be holding two
workshops; one on Friday and one on Saturday.

Workshop 1: Marrakech: Large Scale Piecing

Looking
for a project to showcase your favorite prints? This is it. In this
workshop, you'll use Heather's Marrakech quilt to learn the technique of
creating "stitch and flip" components to build large scale sections of
the pattern that are the perfect place to focus on large prints. You
will also learn how to successfully manage large cuts of fabric and
pattern pieces, in addition to tips and tricks on fabric selection,
cutting, and construction methods for working in this manner. A
discussion of the roots of large scale piecing, the effect of reducing
design elements, and the simplification of the overall design of a quilt
will also be included. Note: This project works beautifully with solid
fabrics as wells as prints.

Students
will learn how to increase the scale of quilt blocks using graph paper
and simple math, how to manage large cuts of fabric and large pattern
pieces, how to work with large areas of negative space, and cutting and
construction methods for working in this manner.

Workshop will be held Friday, April 15th, 10am - 4:30pm
(with 30 minutes for lunch) at Roeland Park Community Center, Room 6.
Cost is $85. Students will need to purchase the pattern separately from
Heather for $10.

In
this workshop, learn how to create patchwork letters to spell out
anything you'd like. Using Heather's West Chester pattern form bok,
"Quilt Local: Finding Inspiration in the Everyday," and the supplemental
letters only available in this class, you will learn how to work with
small pieces of fabric without the need for foundation piecing to create
an entire alphabet and set of numerals. We will also discuss how to
incorporate negative space in your design to create a finished quilt
top.

Students
will learn how to work with small pieces of fabric without the need for
foundation piecing, to create precisely pieced strips, and how to work
with negative spaces as a design element.

Workshop will be held Saturday, April 16th, 10am - 4:30pm
(with 30 minutes for lunch) at Roeland Park Community Center, Room 6.
Cost is $85. Students will need to purchase Heather's book Quilt Local: Finding Inspiration in the Everyday and
there will also be a $5 fee (paid to Heather at the workshop) for a
supplemental pattern. The guild will provide information closer to the
meeting date if the book will available to sell at the meeting.

Supplies needed are:

Fabric for letters: 1 yard (solid, print, or a combination of the two)

Some
of our guild members worked together to create a charity quilt prior
to the QuiltCon in 2015. One of our guild members, Janet Woodward, is
the director of a summer camp for adults with special needs called Camp
Courage. They'll be using the quilt as part of their fundraiser to be
held on March 5th (6-8pm
at the Community of Christ Building, 7842 Mission Road, Prairie
Village, KS 66208) to help fund this year's camp. Janet spoke a little
bit about her organization and the wonderful things they do with the
campers for 4 days and 3 nights in June at our meeting, but if you'd
like to read more about Camp Courage and the things they offer, visit their website.

UPCOMING

2/20: Quilt Non at Sarah's in Lawrence. 9am - 5:30pm.

3/10: Monthly KCMQG meeting at 7pm. Program is "Get to Know Your Guild".

For
those of our members heading to Pasadena next week for QuiltCon, we
hope you have a fabulous time. Be sure to make note of our meeting
location changing back to Roeland Park Community Center in March.
Because we'll be back in Roeland Park next month, treats can be shared.
There won't be any sign-ups sent out for treats, but if you'd like to
bring something to share, feel free!